Karel Bendl & 734 Benda Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Bendl was born and died in Prague. He studied at the organ school, where he met and befriended Antonín Dvorák one year before graduating with honors in 1858. By then he had already composed a number of small choral works. In 1861 his Poletuje holubice won a prize and at once became a favorite with the local choral societies. In 1864, Bendl went to Brussels, where for a short time he held the post of second conductor of the opera. After visiting Amsterdam and Paris. In Paris, he became influenced by the stage works of Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas and especially by Giacomo Meyerbeer.

By 1865, he was back in Prague where he was appointed conductor of the choral society known as Hlahol (visit link) , and he held the post until 1879, when Russian Baron Dervies (originally from Hamburg), includes Baron Pavel (Grigor'evic) fon Derwies (von der Wiese, Dervies, Dervíz) engaged his services for his private band.

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734 Benda Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: J. Palisa
Date of discovery: 11. 10. 1912
Place of discovery: Wiena

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This asteroid Benda was really named according Karel Bendl, not to Jiri Antonin Benda or any of the other Czech composers, who had the surname Benda.

At the beginning of the 20th century was usual to give the names of asteroids in the female form, e.g., the discoverer Johann Palisa has Palisana asteroid, also a feminine ending.

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